Oracle Autonomous Database Professional (2025)

Module 1: Course Overview and Getting Started

• Getting Started with Oracle Autonomous Database
• Objectives
• Overview of Oracle Autonomous Database
• Complete Database Automation
• Key Features and Benefits
• Offerings and Service Differentiation
• Serverless vs Dedicated
• Licensing and Pricing
• Universal Credit Payment Structures

Module 2: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Autonomous Database Platform

• Complete Cloud Infrastructure Platform Overview
• Core Infrastructure Services
• Database Services
• Data Management & Data Science Capabilities
• Managing, Securing, and Operating at Scale
• Cloud-Native Applications and Analytics Support
• Autonomous Database Serverless
• Auto Scaling Setup
• Provisioning

Module 3: Database Provisioning, Start/Stop, and Scaling

• Provisioning an Autonomous Database
• Starting and Stopping ADB
• Scaling Options
• Managing Users
• Creating Users
• Changing Admin Password
• Managing Users via Database Actions
• Database Consolidation with Elastic Resource Pools
• Cloning and Refreshable Clones

Module 4: Moving Autonomous Database and Resource Management

• Moving Autonomous Database Resources
• Creating Alarms and Events
• Defining Events, Topics, and Subscriptions
• Creating Alarms (CPU Utilization)

Module 5: Backup, Recovery, and Data Guard

• Autonomous Database Backups
• Restoring and Recovering Databases
• Manual Backups
• Autonomous Data Guard
• Enabling, Manual Switchover, Failover Options
• Cross-Region Data Guard

Module 6: Dedicated Autonomous Database Infrastructure

• Dedicated Infrastructure Overview
• Primary Benefits and Workload Isolation
• Dedicated Network Architecture
• Resilience and Backup Options
• Private Database Cloud and Exadata Infrastructure
• Provisioning Dedicated Resources
• Creating Container Databases and Autonomous Databases
• IAM Roles and Policies for Dedicated Infrastructure
• Monitoring Dedicated Infrastructure

Module 7: Management and Monitoring

• Database Operations via Cloud Control Plane
• Using REST APIs and OCI CLI for ADB Management
• Service Monitoring and Notifications
• Patching, Upgrades, and Transparent Application Continuity
• ACLs and Private Endpoints
• Network Security Groups

Module 8: Security and Compliance

• Data Encryption and Key Management
• End-to-End Data Protection
• Auto Indexing and Automatic Optimization
• Oracle Data Safe
• Security Assessment
• User and Entitlement Risk
• Activity Auditing
• Sensitive Data Discovery and Masking
• Compartment Quotas and Service Limits

Module 9: Connectivity

• ADB Connectivity Options
• mTLS and TLS
• JDBC Thin & UCP Connections
• SQLNet Connections
• Python, Node.js, and Other Scripting Languages
• Using SQL Developer and Database Actions for Connection
• Wallet Management and Expiration

Module 10: Disaster Recovery

• Configuring Autonomous Data Guard
• Fully Automated Data Protection
• Cross-Region Data Guard for Dedicated ADB

Module 11: Autonomous Database Tools

• Oracle Autonomous Database Tools Overview
• Database Actions
• SQL Developer, SQLcl, APEX, Data Studio, Graph Studio
• Machine Learning Notebooks
• APEX for Rapid App Development
• Data Load, Data Share, Catalog

Module 12: Oracle Machine Learning and AutoML

• Introduction to AutoML
• OML4Py and AutoML UI Pipeline
• Algorithm and Feature Selection
• Model Tuning and Business Model Integration
• Analytic Views (AVs) for Optimized Query Processing
• Data Analysis and Demos

Module 13: Data Insights and Analytics

• Using Data Studio for Analytics
• Search, Discover, and Understand Data
• Simplifying Analytic Workflows
• Demos: Data Insights

Module 14: Generative AI and Select AI

• Autonomous Database Select AI Overview
• Natural Language Queries
• Generative AI Use Cases
• Demonstrations of Select AI
• Translating Natural Language into SQL
• Building Conversational and NL Query Apps
• Enhancing AI with Private Data and Context
• SQL Query Generation Flow
• Key Takeaways

Module 15: Autonomous JSON Database

• Converged Database and JSON Capabilities
• JSON Workloads, Pricing, and Performance
• Duality Views for App Development
• MongoDB Compatibility and Oracle API for MongoDB
• Document Collections and SQL Flexibility
• Summary

Module 16: Oracle Text

• Oracle Text Overview
• Full Text Indexes and Queries
• Indexing Pipeline and Faceted Navigation
• Text Analytics
• Oracle Text in Autonomous Database

Module 17: Hybrid Vector Index (23AI)

• Hybrid Vector Index Overview
• JSON Paths to Vectorize
• Hybrid Vector Index Capabilities

Module 18: Advanced Data Management

• Spatial Data Management in ADB
• Spatial Studio, Geocoding, and Analysis
• Graph Database Management in ADB
• Property Graph Model
• PGQL Queries
• Graph Analytics and Prebuilt Algorithms
• Graph Studio